OUR VIEW: Enovate to bring more jobs, diversity

Addition of 410 jobs to Rutherford County is a sufficient reason for area residents to welcome good news, but the economic-development announcement of Enovate Medical Wednesday morning included even more positive developments for the community.

Enovate Medical, which recently merged with Murfreesboro-based Stinger Medical, plans to relocate its corporate headquarters from Michigan to Park Avenue in Murfreesboro, and this further fulfills the goal of local officials to place such headquarters here.

This relocation plan also will keep 130 jobs in Murfreesboro, so the company will have a total workforce of more than 500 here.

Also important is that Enovate Medical represents a further diversification of the economic base of the community. Products such as point-of-care medical workstations represent a different sector than other existing industries.

That this company also is part of the health-care industry means that the market for its products should only grow, particularly as the average age of the nation continues to rise.

Anyone who has been in or visited someone in the hospital recently should have noticed that mobile medical workstations are an integral part of patient care. A look at the corporate website for Enovate Medical shows it also provides other services and goods, including software and power supplies.

Recently state and local officials have noted the need to prepare students for the workforce of the 21st century, and Enovate Medical represents those 21st century jobs.

Students at local educational facilities, from high schools to Middle Tennessee State University, can now investigate what skills they will need to take jobs that will be available at Enovate Medical, and these educational facilities can work to provide these skills.

We congratulate local officials, particularly those involved in economic development, for their success in retaining jobs here and in bringing new jobs to the community.

Enovate Medical is receiving a tax abatement in order to accomplish its plans in this community, but we think that is a worthwhile investment in the company and for the community.

We hope Enovate Medical's location in Murfreesboro will be only the first step in further diversification of the Rutherford County economy, particularly in areas with opportunities for research and development.

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OUR VIEW: Enovate to bring more jobs, diversity

Addition of 410 jobs to Rutherford County is a sufficient reason for area residents to welcome good news, but the economic-development announcement of Enovate Medical Wednesday morning included even